Sports Utility Vehicles, Pickups and Minivans Now 50% of US Vehicle Sales

May 1, 2003

The vehicles on sale in the US this year are the heaviest vehicles on record since World War II. Cadillac is introducing a car weighing 6000 lbs, with 16 cylinders, and 1000 hp. More vehicles were sold in the US in the last two years than at any other time in history, over 17.2 million per year.